Loop attachment for suspenders



Jan. 9, 1923.`

H. G. BAKER. LooF ATTAcHMEN-r FOR SusPENDE-Rs.

FILED FEB. 13. 1922.l

Ezzrenow Patented dan. ti,

narrar e. renna, or WORCESTER, i i/iAssAc'nUsaTTs.

moor ATTACHMENT lnon snsrni'vnnns.

Application led February 13,-' `1922; Serial lNo.j 536,229.

vented a *new and useful improvement-in an Loop .Attachment forSuspenders, ofwhich the following, together with the-accompany ingdrawings, isa specification.

My invention relates to suspendersk and f other similar devicesthatuare,"adapte`d to support articles of wearing apparel by the attachmentthereof to buttons-carried bythe article of clothing which is to besupported.

Suspenders, as heretofore constructed, have usually been; provided with.flexible members removably secured to the elastic supporting members andprovided at their ends with button receiving portions, either in theform of button holes cut in the flexible material, or loops. It has beenfound that the loop construction is superior to button holes,particularly where the Suspenders are liable to be subjected to anygreat strain, due to the fact that material having great tensilestrength, such as closely woven tubular braid, can be employed to formthe but ton receiving loops. Difficulties have been encountered however,in securing the ends of the braid to the body portion thereof beyond theloops, and various metallic clamping devices have been employed for thispurpose which considerably increases the cost of manufacture of loopattachments.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved loopattachment which is formed entirely from a single length of braidedmaterial without necessitating the use of any clips or other metallicclamping devices to hold the loops.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. l is a view of a length of braided material from which a loopattachment is .to be formed.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the length. of

material shown in Fig. l with one loop.

formed therein' and with the other loop about to be formed.

Fig. 3 is a view showing one of my improved loop attachments applied toa portion vof apair of Suspenders.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing a modification of the device forsecuring the loop attachment to the Suspenders.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures.

. In making up yone of myk improved loop attachments, the rst stepconsists in providingv a ylength l of tubular braided material.

(lne end portion 2 is then inserted into the body portion ofthe length;by means of a -bodlrin or tape needle 8', the end being brought out ofthe body portion -an appreciable distance beyond thefpoint where it wasinserted. There isthus formed a loop -4, the length of whichmay beregulated by pullingthrough the end portion 2 the necessary amount. c I

:The other end* portion 5 is then' passed through a suitablegclip 6which is adapted to be attached to the Suspenders, as will behereinafter `described.` The end portion is theninserted into the bodyportion of the length l to form a loop 7 in the same manner as the loop4 was formed. The projecting end portions 2 and 5 are then cut olf flushwith the body portion of the braid and the loop attachment' then appearsas in Fig. 3.

The completed loop attachment is then ready to be applied to the elasticmember 8 of a pair of Suspendersv or other similar ar-A ticle, bysecuring the clip 6 to a holding` device 9. The clip 6 and the holdingdevice 9 form no part of the present invention and may be ofanydesiredfform. tion in the manner in which the loop attachment may besecured to a iiexible mem ber 10 is shown in Fig. 4, wherein the clip isomitted and the attachment itself is removably secured to the member l0by means `of a tongue ll'passed around the middle por.

tion ofthe loop attachment and secured by means of a snap fastener l2.

The loops 4` and 7 are adapted to receive buttons secured to the articleof wearing apparell which it is desired to support, and when onceformed, the loops will have no tendency to pull out when subjected tostrain, for the reason that any strain to which the attachment issubjected will cause the inserted end portions 2 and 5 to be firmly heldby the gripping force of that part of the body of the braid whichsurrounds the end portions. This grippingfforce is due 'to the fact'that tubular braid tends to elongate when subjected` to a tensile strainand consequently the inserted end portions are gripped on all sides bythe walls of the body portion and prevented from pulling out. Obviously,the greater the strain, the greater will be the gripping of the endpor,-

A modificaj CFI tions, so that tho loops will hold lirmly at all times.

F rom the foregoing then, it is apparent that I have provided animproved loop attachment that eomprises a single length ot' braidedmaterial in Whichv the loops are formed by merely passing` the endportions of a length ot material through the body portion thereof andcutting olf the projecting ends. Obviously, suchv an attachment,- can bemanufactured much more cheaply than were the loops tobe formed by theat- "tachment of metallic clamping devices to the endportions ot theloops. My improved loon attachment can be manu'lfaetured very cheaply inlarge quantities and can be made up in any desired lengths. The loopscan be formed by unskilled personsl` without the use of any machinery ortools other than an ordinary bodkin ork tape needle. Furthermore, myloop attachment can be sold directly to users of Suspenders to replaceWorn out loops of the old type, in which case,

-the users can adjust the distance between the loops to suit their owntaste.

I claim,

l. A loop attachment 'for suspcnders, consisting of a length of tubularbraided matcrial, the end portions of which are retained in the bodyportion'ot'the material to pro- 'i ride closed loops at the ends of thelength.

2. A loop attachment for Suspenders, oonsisting of a length of tubularbraided material, the end portions of which material are turned back andextend into the body portion ot the material to provide closed endloops. .v

3. The method ofmalring a loop attachment tor suspenders,' ,whichconsists in inf loops beyond the points of insertion.

HARRY G. BAKER.'

